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Recap / Law & Order: Special Victims Unit S13 E19 "Street Revenge"

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This recap contains unmarked spoilers. You Have Been Warned

Written By Julie Martin and David Matthews

Directed By Arthur W. Forney

A West Soho neighborhood vigilante group that targets rapists and law enforcement alike puts the squad on high alert. However, Detective Amaro is distracted by suspicions his wife is having an affair with an old army friend.

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  • Irony: Fin thinks it's ironic that the squad is doing stop-and-frisks on white males for a change.
  • Mistaken for Cheating: Amaro comes to believe that his wife is cheating. She isn't, but his actions in response to this belief mark the beginning of the end for their marriage.
  • Vigilante Militia: Organizes a slut walk in response to the copycat rapist getting out on bail, beats the hell out of him, and hangs him up by his wrists, even leaving graffiti reading JLNY-1 NYPD-0 to taunt the police.
    Tutuola: I don't care, these are our streets, not theirs.
  • What the Hell, Hero?: Amaro got this from his wife when she found out he had beaten up her army buddy after basically stalking her for days after he started to suspecting her of cheating. They're actually just friends; the secretive behavior Amaro had observed, meanwhile, was actually Maria trying to hide that she was seeing a psychiatrist for PTSD.

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